different between realisation vs recognition

English

Etymology

From French réalisation, from Middle French, as if realise +? -ation.

Noun

realisation (countable and uncountable, plural realisations)

1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of realization.

Anagrams

• rationalise

Swedish

Etymology

From French réalisation

Noun

realisation c

1. a sale

Declension

Related terms

• rea
• realisera

References

• Realisation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)

English

Etymology

From Latin recognitionem (accusative of recognitio), from stem recognit, past participle of recognoscere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k???n???n/

Noun

recognition (usually uncountable, plural recognitions)

1. The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).

   He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.

2. Acceptance as valid or true.

   The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
3. Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
4. Honour, favourable note, or attention.

   The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.

5. (immunology) The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
6. (Scotland, law, historical) A return of the feu to the superior.

Derived terms

Related terms

• recognitive
• recognitory

Translations

See also

• recognition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• identification
• type approval